Marvellous Murray wrote himself into the history books after ending 77 years of hurt and vowed to have a rare night out with his pals.

Before his straight-sets win against world No 1 Novak Djokovic, Murray, 26, said he would “celebrate hard” with his team, including girlfriend Kim Sears, 25, mum Judy, 53, and coach Ivan Lendl, 53.

And after his nailbiting 3 hour 10 minute win, which included messing up three match points, ultra-healthy Murray promised that he would finally let his hair down.

He said: “We have to go to the ball, so I’ll be doing that. Then I don’t even know what the time is just now, but, I mean, I’ll finish doing all of these things (talking to the media). We have drug tests to do.

“But after that, yeah, have fun with the team.”

The Centre Court crowd could barely watch as Murray seemed to struggle to close out his 6-4 7-5 6-4 victory, which was played in 50C heat at times.

But the fans, including Victoria Beckham, 39, Wayne Rooney, 27, and Prime Minister David Cameron, 46, in the Royal Box, roared when Murray finally became the first UK man since Fred Perry in 1936 to claim the title.

“That has just got to be the best feeling ever, to watch your son win Wimbledon.”

Judy Murray

As he clinched victory he made the famous climb up to the players’ box where he hugged and kissed Kim and his mentor Lendl.

But the biggest cheer was reserved for when he hugged tearful mum Judy, who has been watching his matches from the start of his career.

Judy said: “That has just got to be the best feeling ever, to watch your son win Wimbledon.

“This is the thing he has talked about winning since he was a little boy playing tennis.”

An hour and a quarter after the victory, the Scot was still stunned, tweeting simply: “Can’t believe what’s just happened!!!!!!!”

He is now just 2-1 to receive a knighthood at the end of the year and is odds-on favourite to scoop the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year award.

Buckingham Palace confirmed the Queen has sent a private message of congratulation, and last night fans took to Twitter to call for her to knight him as well.